Notices by インディー通信 Indie Tsushin (indietsushin@mastodon.gamedev.place)

Hi hello!! Yesterday was the start of the #StudyBuddyJam2024! You've got until December 8th to pick up something to learn, like a new game engine, tool, or asset, and make something using your newfound know-how!

https://indietsushin.net/jams.html

I'll be posting in this thread some game engines and other tools that might give you some ideas!

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Game Engines Database by @henriquelalves: Just what it says on the tin, a database of game engines and tools, organized by tags and filters to narrow down what you want to make. There's even a "random engine" button!

https://enginesdatabase.com/

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Let's Program a Puzzle Game! by @Pearacidic: Learn how to make a #PuzzleGame in #GBStudio! Download the project files and mess around with them, and follow along with the tutorial on #GBCentral. A great way to get started with a fun and free tool to make #GameBoy games!

https://pearacidic.itch.io/lets-program-a-puzzle-game

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Day 3 of #StudyBuddyJam2024: Something I struggle with when going through tutorials is how I sometimes feel like I'm accruing knowledge just for the sake of it, without an endgoal in mind. So I appreciate how Lazy Devs has these great playlists of YouTube tutorials on making full, fun #PICO8 games from start to finish!

https://www.youtube.com/@LazyDevs/

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WOW okay I am sorry for falling so behind on updating this thread of #StudyBuddyJam2024 ideas!! We have just finished the first weekend of the jam, but there's still about a month left to start and make something cool. Let's do this!!

Downpour by @v: Make a game on your phone in minutes using photos, text, and drawings, and hypertext links! No coding involved, and games can be shared and played in your browser

https://downpour.games/

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Narrat (@narrat) by @bubbline: Make narrative RPGs a la Disco Elysium using this powerful yet beginner-friendly game engine! Be sure to check out some of the games made using Narrat, the community is super creative and friendly!

https://narrat.dev/

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Life Simulator Engine (LiSE) by @clayote: Make a Maxis-style sim game! Instead of save files, this engine features time travel, i.e. everything that happened during play gets recorded in a database. If you are familiar with Python and are interested in sims, check this out!

https://clayote.itch.io/lise

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Decker by Internet Janitor: HyperCard for the modern era! Make browser-based games, zines, toys, and more using this simple-yet-powerful tool. You can get started without knowing any coding at all, or learn the scripting language Lil to add more functionality to your decks

https://internet-janitor.itch.io/decker

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Tiny binksi Visual Novel template by @PRINCESSINTERNETCAFe: Get started with binksi, a hybrid of bipsi, a tool to make simple lo-fi games, and the narrative writing style of Ink. Get your feet wet by playing around with this super helpful tutorial to make a short visual novel!

https://princessinternetcafe.itch.io/tiny-binksi-visual-novel-template

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Tiny tools directory by @abundance: A roundup of open source and experimental tiny tools, organized with handy tags. Covers all manner of digital assets and other resources as well. Definitely bookmark this for future reference!

https://tinytools.directory/

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Missed yesterday's tooltip but it's fine! I am here now with two!!

Electric Zine Maker by @alienmelon: Make fun #zines with this fun software! A photo zine about your last vacation, a fan zine about your favorite new TV show, your own hand-drawn original comic about what you would do if your cat had superpowers, idk! Make something fun and then send it to me so I can read it!!

http://unicornycopia.com/ezm/